Movie Favorites: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Synopsis: King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.

 

Unique Selling Point: The story about King Arthur and his knight, told the Monty Python way. Their humor is clever, intelligent and out of the ordinary. No one tells a joke like a Python does.

Most Valuable Player: Graham Chapman carries the film as the baffled but brave King Arthur.

Best Moment: Fighting the black knight. “It’s just a flesh wound”

DVD Collection Update (7)

It's been a while since I did a DVD Collection update. But it has been my birthday las week and I ran into some great bargains. So some great purchases.

I wanted to get this collection for a while and I was super cheap this time. So all the episodes from "Monty Pyhton's Flying Circus" in one DVD box. This is such intelligent humor!

I bought this movie after seeing "Elysium", because both movies were directed by Neil Blomkamp. And I just wanted to own this beautiful steelbook.





Sorry that I don't have a picture yet, because I lend the box to my brother, but I finally got season six of "Sons of Anarchy". It's one of my favorite shows of the moment.

How long have I been waiting for this? This book is amazing and I already saw the movie. The book is better, but I really loved "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close".

I'm most proud on this purchase. I walked passed this boxset so many times, but it was on sale and I just couldn't resist buying it. I love "Prison Break"> It Always made me nervous and I only watched the show once, so it's like experiencing for the first time all over again.

The next three Dvd's were gifts for my birthday. "Lady and the Tramp" is such an adorable movie. Eating spaghetti has never been the same.

And don't you just love "Up". Disney Always touches me right in the heart.

Both Disney Dvd's were from my brother and "Life of Pi" I got from my friends Irene and Evelien. I read the book, but haven't seen the movie yet. Very excited about it!

Top 5 Thursday: Monty Python Members

I recently purchased the complete series of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”. It’s hilarious, I love British humor. It’s sophisticated, smart and unpredictable. I decided to rank the members of this cast.

5. Eric Idle
I think his voice is the most recognizable of the group. Idle was great when it came to play a hysterical and over-the-top character.

4. Terry Jones
His humor was always a little bit timid, but boy can he give away a great striptease show. He often plays a woman and I love the spam sketch.

3. Michael Palin
Now he’s known for his travel stories, but back then he was funny as hell. He was the guy with the tape recorder up his nose and the lumberjack who was in touch with his feminine side. He also had this funny smile.

2. John Cleese
John Cleese is probably the tallest man ever and he does amazing things with that length. Remember the ministry of silly walks? How hilarious is that, nobody else could have done it that way. He’s the most famous of the group.

1. Graham Chapman
Unfortunately he’s no longer with us, I really would have wanted to enjoy his funny skills a little more. For some reason I always liked him the most. It especially cracks me up when he’s dressed like a woman or when he shrieks.

They Almost Made the Top 5: Terry Gilliam

Movie Moments: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

If anyone knows humor, it’s the British. And most specifically the gang of Monty Python. In this movie they try to get the answer to what’s the meaning of life. Off course in their own silly way.

Moment # 1: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
We meet the employees of an assurance company, who are not treated that well. After one of them gets fired, they decide to fight back.

Moment # 2: The machine that goes “Ping”
A woman is about to deliver a baby and two doctors think the delivery room looks a little empty. They decided to fill it with all sorts of machines, including the machine that goes “Ping”, what happens to be the most expensive machine in the entire hospital. We’re not quite sure what it does, besides go “Ping”.

Moment # 3: Every sperm is sacred
A father of many is trying to explain the Catholic church to his children, with a musical number.

Moment # 4: Sex education
A schoolteacher is giving sex education, by actually having sex with his wife in front of his students. His class isn’t quite as interested as you would think.

Moment # 5: Live organ transplantation
Two shady guys ring a doorbell. They ask the man who answers for his liver, but he doesn’t want to donate it. So they start operating him, while he’s still awake. His wife walks in and doesn’t think anything abnormal is going on, while her husband is still being butchered. The wife and one of the so called doctors have a very normal conversation.

Moment # 6: Mr. Creosote
An extremely fat man, named Mr. Creosote, walks into a restaurant. He asks for a bucket because he has to throw up. Which he does, multiple times and he still eats and orders food. When he’s done eating, the waiter offers him a very thin chocolate. Mr.Creosote declines because he’s stuffed, but after insisting he eats it anyway. Then he explodes.

Moment # 7: Death
Death knocks on a door and a married couple opens. They invite Death in, while they are having diner with some American friends. They start a conversation, when Death tries to explain to them that he’s coming for them. One of the guests wonders how they can all die at the same time and Death point at the salmon mousse.

Favorite Moment: Moment # 5: Live organ transplantation